How do you guys deal with kiting?

People shooting and then running away before my guys can shoot is getting really annoying. Does anyone have any way to deal with this other than continually following their units?

Imo you have a few choices, you can send a cav charge to make them square and hold them up, u can ignore them and stop following or what i do is just advance but alot further than they expect me too so that my lines and lights are stood right infront of your opponent. If you advance further then if they run you can get 2 shots off to there 1 everytime.

I know what you mean underworld I had to face one of my own clan mates kiting unfortunately I handled cav a little early so I just charged my guys.

Well you need to attack imo, to take the least casualties while still winning the game.
But your timing needs to be good, and for that you need patience.
So wait for the right moment before advancing your enemy, you should inevitably hit them while they run back. Unless they are very good at kiting.

As with many other gripes, don't play Grassy Flatlands. Kiting on terrain is so much harder because there is limited space to move back to.

I don't get it. You posted a very similar thread to this before, which received 3 pages of feedback. Although you asked a different question there are plenty of suggestions on that thread, why spam the forum?

The previous thread I started wasn't about how to deal with kiting It was more of a complaint thread about kiting. And may I ask why me starting a similar thread bothers you? Its not as if it hurts anyone....

Originally Posted by underworld965

Its not as if it hurts anyone....

Originally Posted by underworld965

Its not as if it hurts anyone....

maybe your wrong

What if I clicked the unit to automatically follow the unit? Does that work since first shot is *somewhat* nullified since your troops immediately start shooting while forming up.

Originally Posted by ikcti

What if I clicked the unit to automatically follow the unit? Does that work since first shot is *somewhat* nullified since your troops immediately start shooting while forming up.

Dangerous thing to do. A good kiter will have some lights waiting to take a few cheap shots at your men.

Originally Posted by underworld965

The previous thread I started wasn't about how to deal with kiting It was more of a complaint thread about kiting. And may I ask why me starting a similar thread bothers you? Its not as if it hurts anyone....

It bothers me because: it fills up forum space with previously discussed and dissected topics, when that space could be used for more productive discourse.

There's no point in bringing a dead topic back up, you'll pretty much be getting similar responses unless the game has miraculously changed.

Also on your previous thread you got plenty of strategies of how to deal with kiting, just have a reread.

Originally Posted by Eazyrider

It bothers me because: it fills up forum space with previously discussed and dissected topics, when that space could be used for more productive discourse.

There's no point in bringing a dead topic back up, you'll pretty much be getting similar responses unless the game has miraculously changed.

Also on your previous thread you got plenty of strategies of how to deal with kiting, just have a reread.

Dude it really doesn't matter, if he wants to make another thread, he can make it. If it's that big of a deal, admins will deal with it ffs.

Back on topic, like Tyler and the others have said, the way to deal with a kiter is to attack faster than he can retreat. It'll prove frustrating as , but it can be done. Anybody got replays?

Originally Posted by Carswell

Dude it really doesn't matter, if he wants to make another thread, he can make it. If it's that big of a deal, admins will deal with it ffs.

Back on topic, like Tyler and the others have said, the way to deal with a kiter is to attack faster than he can retreat. It'll prove frustrating as , but it can be done. Anybody got replays?

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I deal with kiting by not playing Napoleon Total War and playing Starcraft 2 instead. Much better game, you guys should all check it out.

Then again, there's not so much traffic on this forum that an additional thread would unjustly bury another, more worthwhile one...

Originally Posted by daniu

Then again, there's not so much traffic on this forum that an additional thread would unjustly bury another, more worthwhile one...

Hence you keep the ones you want alive by posting and replying on them and not by creating replicas, hence losing out on all contributions made previously.

Originally Posted by Eazyrider

Hence you keep the ones you want alive by posting and replying on them and not by creating replicas, hence losing out on all contributions made previously.

Yeah, that was a huge bump I did there, all the way up from third position to first!

I deal with kiting by attacking too fast to allow the kiter to move in time. Some guys try but I can normally pick them appart. If someone is really good at kiting (and I want to win the battle) Then I will stop attacking and will simply tell them "Kiting is lame and stupid, and I can kite too" Then I fall back and wait for him to attack, after 30 mins or so they normally will. Then fire and if you are losing start kiting. I only do that when it;s ranked, or it;s someone I really don;t like.

SO THATS WHY YOU WERE KITING IN OUR MATCH